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The line up is out..On first look second weekend looks better than first, but as usual I'll be there everyday.

First weekend:
Lionel Richie, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Anita Baker, Dr. John, Darius Rucker, The Black Crowes, Steel Pulse, Johnny Lang, Band of Horses, The Levon Helm Band, Drake, Keely Smith, Baaba Maal, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Imagination Movers, Ledisi, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Better Than Ezra, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elvin Bishop, funky Meters, Sax for Stax featuring Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, and Jeff Lorber, Marcia Ball, Shawn Colvin, Pastor Smokie Norful, Terence Blanchard, Cowboy Mouth, The Campbell Brothers, Chocolate Milk, Sam Bush, The Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, Joe Lovano Us Five, Donald Harrison, Lena Prima, Tab Benoit, ect

Second weekend:
Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Widespread Panic, The Neville Brothers, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Irma Thomas, Gipsy Kings, The Dead Weather, Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes, Teena Marie, Allen Toussaint, Gov’t Mule, Average White Band, Jose Feliciano, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, Kirk Franklin, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Gil Scott Heron, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Clarence Carter, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, Tye Tribbett, Juvenile & DJ Mannie Fresh, Take Six, Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players, Galactic, Stanley Clarke Band feat. Hiromi, Old Crow Medicine Show, Richie Havens, Marcus Miller, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Pete Fountain, The Radiators, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Anders Osborne, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Rebirth Brass Band, Sonny Landreth,ect

Good lineup. I think 2nd weekend looks better.

There was a "Artist TBA" leading off the musical lineup on the 1st weekend. That leaves me to believe there is another big name yet to be announced. Did you get that impression?

Yes I did. I purposely left it out of my post. The first weekend needs a bigger name IMO.

I'm so looking forward to laying on a blanket in the grass, taking in some sun and an herbal iced tea and listening to some great music with friends. I love Jazz Fest!!!

Well, perhaps the Fairground infield may have dried out by the time Jazz Fest rolls around for you to do just such!
I'm feeling water-logged! This is starting to make Minot's weather look appealing!

i hate jazz fest.....these acts as a whole, suck. what is the appeal of widespread panic? just awful. steel pulse and dead weather worth seeing. elvin bishop is a good picker. ...lionel ritchie? seriously? half of this lineup is comming straight off the podunk casino circut.

That's why they make chocolate and vanilla baby!

#7 throw away to do list. wrote:i hate jazz fest.....these acts as a whole, suck. what is the appeal of widespread panic? just awful. steel pulse and dead weather worth seeing. elvin bishop is a good picker. ...lionel ritchie? seriously? half of this lineup is comming straight off the podunk casino circut.

Black Crowes
Johnny Lang
King Sunny Ade
Sam Bush
Tab Benoit
Elvis Costello
Gov't Mule
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Trombone Shorty
Sonny Landreth
et al.

But feel free to stay home. To each his own.

Pearl Jam's first appearance in New Orleans since Eddie Vedder and Black Jack McDowell kicked some ass at Funky Butt will be enough to get me out for one day at least.

I wish (as I almost always do) that there were ca couple more reggae acts, but it looks like a pretty good lineup. Steel Pulse is awesome. Levon Helm, Old Crowe, Steve Martin, King Sunny Ade, Dead Weather, Averaage White Band and freakin' Gil Scott Herron (I love him).